State football semifinal: White Plains out of gas

Down by seven at halftime, Tigers can't keep up, 34-13

11:15 PM,
Nov. 23, 2013

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At halftime in its dank Dietz Stadium locker room, White Plains remained confident. Sure, the Tigers trailed by a touchdown and knew the deficit could've been worse, but that had never deterred them before. So why now?

"We'd been in that situation before," senior quarterback Cameron Crabbe said. "We'd been in it against Ketcham. We'd been in it against Mahopac even worse. But it's hard to do when you're playing against the 12th guy, which is the weather."

With the turf covered in snow, White Plains fell out of rhythm and eventually saw its second-half magic disappear. This time, there was no ...